perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
pre-war days; before the war
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
creation; generation; formation; derivation
large quantity; large amount
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to trample down; to devastate
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
equality; uniformity; evenness
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
light; faint; pale; fleeting
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
large build; large pattern
identifiable; personalized
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to rush over; to run up to
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling